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Marvin Camel vs Tom Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marvin Camel

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Tom Bethea

Marvin Camel (45-13-4) and Tom Bethea (3-9-1 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Camel

45

Wins21 KO · 47%

13

Losses

4

Draws62 tracked bouts

Bethea

Tracked record

3–9–1

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Camel leads 1–0

Marvin Camel and Tom Bethea have met 1 time; Camel leads 1–0.

Marvin Camel and Tom Bethea have met 1 time; Camel leads 1–0.
Met1978Nov 11Series
Marvin CamelFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom BetheaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Camel 5 · Bethea 2 of 7 measurable rows
CamelBethea
Record†
45-13-4 (edge)3-9-1
Win %0–100%
75.8% (edge)
26.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
46.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47%
67% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
62
13

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
Marvin Camel: 79″
Tom Bethea: No reach on file
Age8 yrs apart
Marvin Camel: 74
Tom Bethea: 82
Stance
Marvin Camel: Southpaw
Tom Bethea: Not recorded

Marvin Camel left, Tom Bethea right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marvin Camel45 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Marvin Camel: 45 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (47%) and 24 on the cards (53%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 47%24 on the cards 53%

Tom Bethea3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Tom Bethea: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marvin Camel 62, Tom Bethea 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Marvin Camel last boxed on Jun 11, 1990 — 13,278 days ago. Camel had lost two straight, after two straight wins.DWWLL

Surratt Aug 1989Cottrell Sep 1989Hill Nov 1989Hipp Dec 1989Taylor Jun 19903.7 tracked bouts per year

Tom Bethea last boxed on Nov 11, 1978 — 17,508 days ago. Bethea had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Douglas Mar 1976Quarry Oct 1976Johnson Apr 1977Spinks Feb 1978Camel Nov 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marvin Camel and Tom Bethea ever fought each other?
Yes. Marvin Camel and Tom Bethea met once on November 11, 1978, and Marvin Camel won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WNov 11, 1978 · Camel · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Camel or Bethea?
Marvin Camel is 45-13-4 and Tom Bethea is 3-9-1 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Marvin Camel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Camel45–13–475.8%

Bethea3–9–126.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Camel or Bethea?
Marvin Camel has 21 knockout wins and Tom Bethea has 2. Marvin Camel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Camel2146.7%

Bethea2

The Numbers ↓
Do Camel and Bethea have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Marvin Camel and Tom Bethea have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Camel and Bethea?
This comparison is drawn from 62 bouts tracked for Marvin Camel and 13 bouts tracked for Tom Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Camel62bouts

Bethea13bouts

How They Win ↓

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